Our Team

“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is a success!” - Henry Ford

Our Team

Vidur V. Bhogilal

Chairman

Vidur V. Bhogilal, Chairman of CIGNEX Datamatics has over 20 years of professional experience in strategic restructuring, M&A, corporate governance, finance, administration and legal. He plays a critical role in creating sustainable value for the organization through successful mergers, acquisitions, and joint venture partnerships. Vidur has managed several successful acquisitions, mergers, and restructuring in India, the US and the UK and played a key role in tax recoveries, forex management, financial planning and control and fund raising.

Before Datamatics, Vidur worked for organizations such as JP Morgan Stanley and Arthur Anderson, amongst others. Vidur is a gold medallist and a rank holder Chartered Accountant (CA) and Cost Accountant (ICWA) from India. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the US. He is also a law graduate.

Harish Ramachandran

Founder & CEO - CIGNEX Datamatics

As a Founder Harish identifies solutions & services which are aligned with customer’s business strategy. With over 18 years of experience, Harish has been instrumental in his leadership with CIGNEX Datamatics in the areas of Delivery, Pre-sales, Partnerships / Alliances, and Marketing, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Strategic business is Harish’s passion and forte – his unique combination of business and technical skills help to quickly align with client expectations and ensure that CIGNEX Datamatics offering roadmaps are in-line with industry.

Prior to co-founding CIGNEX Datamatics, Harish served as technical lead at Cisco systems and Click Commerce.

Vincent Siegfried

Group CEO

Vin Siegfried, Group Chief Executive Officer of CIGNEX Datamatics brings over 20 years of proven award-winning leadership and global industry experience of developing innovative solutions, growing operations and stabilizing new lines of business. Vin is passionate about driving disruptive change to grow the agile enterprise and meet the challenges of innovation. His areas of specialization include IT Strategy Formulation, leading edge Data Management Disciplines and Global Enterprise Platforms.

Prior to CIGNEX Datamatics, Vin served as CEO for Elevondata, helping clients in Data Management through the application of leading edge unique solutions. Vin has worked with Global Fortune 100 Financial Services firms as a Chief Architect and has held leadership roles in global enterprises.

He also currently serves as the Chief Operating and Technology officer at Atrocity Watch, a not-for-profit humanitarian organization, and is a trustee of The College of Westchester, a private college focusing on offering an affordable and effective education. Vin has also been recognized with the CIO Magazine award for Integrated Applications as well as IT Manager of the year award by Oracle Magazine.

Michael Silverman

CEO - Duo Consulting

As a Chief Executive officer and Founder of Duo Consulting, Michael brings over 30 years of global experience. Michael founded Duo Consulting in 1999, to focus on digital marketing and collaboration platforms using the Drupal Open Source CMS. He is an experienced entrepreneur, innovator and an enthusiastic adopter of new technologies.

Michael began his career in 1982, when he founded PinDot Products, a manufacturer of specialized wheelchairs and product for people with disabilities. Michael championed computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques and secured multiple patents before he sold to Invacare Corporation in 1995.

Along the way Michael wrote the book Capturing Community: How To Build, Manage, and Market Your Online Community that was published by CMI Press in 2012. He holds a Masters in Management from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business and Bachelor’s in Physiology from SIU.

Rohit Tandon

CEO - Elevondata

Rohit Tandon, CEO, Elevondata has been on the leading edge of data with product management and solution delivery over the last 20 years. Prior to Elevondata, he was Oracle’s global product strategist and leader for the Master Data Management suite, and led its North American Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence consulting practice. Rohit also ran successful data management practices at PeopleSoft and Metamor Worldwide and authored multiple winning papers for TDWI competitions based on his practice work. He currently advises several Fortune 100 CIO’s and CDO’s on Big & Little Data and Data Modernization.

Rohit holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering from University of Arizona and a Bachelor's in Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi.

Raja Nagarajan

Chief Strategy Officer

Raja brings over 25 years of industry experience and proven strategic leadership to define and oversee the business strategy for the company.

Prior to CIGNEX Datamatics, Raja served as Senior VP, Global Operations of Ness Software Product LabsSM, a USD 100 Million+ Business Division of Ness Technologies, Inc. since 2008. He was instrumental in growing the business from inception through Apar’s acquisition by Ness Technologies and co-founding the Managed Labs division of Apar Infotech.

Prior to CIGNEX Datamatics, Sastry has served as BU Head – Travel & Hospitality and Head of Digital Enterprise for Growth Markets, India at TCS. Prior to 2008, Sastry was the Head of Oracle Universe / Enterprise Applications at HCL Technologies and CTO & IT Head at Murugappa group companies where he managed multi-geography ERP implementations.

Paul Anthony

President - Sales

Paul brings over 24 years of experience in the IT Industry focusing on general management, marketing and sales. He has a track record of growing businesses profitably, developing sustainable programs and driving sales in both the consumer and corporate segments. Paul’s role at CIGNEX Datamatics is to strengthen overall sales and partner relationships in addition to leading business development activities.

Prior to joining CIGNEX Datamatics, Paul served as Sales & Marketing Director – Asia for Sonoco. Before Sonoco, he worked with Hewlett-Packard for 16 long years in various worldwide, regional and country management roles, overseeing the imaging & printing business in Singapore and the Asian emerging markets. He was also associated with Tata-Elxi Singapore in past.

Paul holds a Master's degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and a Bachelor's degree in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Ashish Jain

VP - Finance

Ashish is a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of rich experience in finance, accounts, compliance, business planning/budgeting, mergers/acquisitions & strategic alliances. His expertise includes conceptualizing & implementing financial procedures, maintenance & finalization of accounts, audits, working capital management, profit monitoring, financial restructuring and building internal financial controls. Ashish is also serving as CFO for Lumina Datamatics – a group company of Datamatics.

Prior to Datamatics, Ashish has worked in various finance roles at companies such as Hapag Lloyd Global Services, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Tata Internet and AV Birla Group - Grasim Industries. Ashish holds a CA degree and certifications from Six Sigma Black Belt and ISO as a Lead Auditor.

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About CIGNEX Datamatics: CIGNEX Datamatics, a subsidiary of Datamatics Global Services Ltd., is a Silicon Valley based, global, pure-play, Open Source consulting company offering enterprise-grade solutions, platforms, products and services for Systems of Engagement and Insight. Since 2000, CIGNEX Datamatics has been Making Open Source Work® using open standards platforms and tools that integrate with existing systems to achieve unparalleled results and leveraging its Adopt-Open-Elevate™ execution framework to mitigate any risk.